what ho

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English

Interjection

what ho

  1. (Commonwealth, colloquial, dated) An exclamation of greeting, summons, or surprise.
    • 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion:
      What ho, there! All who are within hearing, return without fear. Caesar has tamed the lion.’
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 26:
      What ho!... Treasons, strategems and spoils.’
      What ho, Frobisher!